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Accounts, People, Miscellany
Posted: April 20th, 2008, 5:47pm EDT
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Off the Shelf: Some Mutual Fund Numbers Look Great, but for Whom?
Posted: April 20th, 2008, 2:51am EDT by By HARRY HURT III
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The public stock markets are in the throes of one of the biggest and most egregious financial scandals in modern history, according to author Louis Lowenstein’s new book. -
Travel Bug: Lodgers Look to Walk the Eco-Talk
Posted: April 20th, 2008, 2:46am EDT by By JOE SHARKEY
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Hoteliers, customers and suppliers are talking energetically about how to achieve better environmental practices. -
The Count: Can a Coupon Live Inside a Cellphone?
Posted: April 20th, 2008, 2:45am EDT by By PHYLLIS KORKKI
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Is a coupon still a coupon if you can’t clip ’n’ save it? -
Suits: As Crocs Departs, Quebec Turns Bitter
Posted: April 20th, 2008, 2:44am EDT
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The harshest criticism Ron Snyder used to face as president of Crocs was that his company’s plastic clogs were an insult to traditional fashion sense. -
Preoccupations: An Ocean Apart, Bridged by Forklift
Posted: April 20th, 2008, 2:37am EDT by By CLARK SIMPSON
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Our counterparts at our office in Korea never hold side conversations in meetings as we do here. They’re too polite. They’re terrific hosts as well. -
Square Feet | Spotlight: Fashioning Skylines, Not a Personality Cult
Posted: April 20th, 2008, 2:36am EDT by By AMY CORTESE
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Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates does not have a celebrity architect at its helm, though it does have 16 globe-trotting principals. -
Career Couch: The Economy Changes, So Change With It
Posted: April 20th, 2008, 2:35am EDT by By PHYLLIS KORKKI
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During a downturn, you may need to work harder and longer to find a job, and be more flexible and creative in assessing your options. -
The Boss: Tea and Sympathy
Posted: April 20th, 2008, 2:34am EDT by By ANTHONY VIDERGAUZ; As told to EVE TAHMINCIOGLU.
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My dad’s incredible way with people is unforgettable. Once he managed to convince an armed robber that it was not in his interest to shoot him and sat him down for tea. -
DataBank: Earnings Led Rally Despite Write-Downs
Posted: April 20th, 2008, 2:33am EDT by By JEFF SOMMER
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Wall Street banks took further multibillion-dollar write-downs last week. -
At the End of a Winning Streak, a Painful Reckoning
Posted: April 20th, 2008, 2:33am EDT by By NORM ALSTER
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When a company manages to beat Wall Street’s earnings estimates regularly, it often attracts a following that counts on it for a spike in share price every three months. -
Ping: How Scientific Gains Abroad Pay Off in the U.S.
Posted: April 20th, 2008, 2:33am EDT by By G. PASCAL ZACHARY
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At a time of economic belt-tightening, might cheap science from low-wage countries help keep American innovators humming? -
Digital Domain: Struggling to Evade the E-Mail Tsunami
Posted: April 20th, 2008, 2:32am EDT by By RANDALL STROSS
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E-mail has become the bane of some people’s professional lives. -
A Star at Toyota, a Believer at Ford
Posted: April 20th, 2008, 2:31am EDT by By BILL VLASIC
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James D. Farley, Ford’s chief marketing officer, says he grasps that Ford is at a crossroads and that it has been on a tortured path over the last decade. -
Working Life (High and Low)
Posted: April 20th, 2008, 2:24am EDT by By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
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Jean Capobianco’s employer embraced a controversial strategy insisting that she and other staff were independent contractors, not employees. -
Fair Game: Piling On: Borrowers Buried by Fees
Posted: April 20th, 2008, 2:20am EDT by By GRETCHEN MORGENSON
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A handful of public-minded bankruptcy court judges are exposing the questionable practices of the mortgage servicing business. -
The Nation: The Wage That Meant Middle Class
Posted: April 20th, 2008, 1:48am EDT by By LOUIS UCHITELLE
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$20 an hour has a special place in labor history. And history is mostly what it is.